"We're trying to find out what it will bring, what it will mean to the community," said Hayo Bootsma, a Dutch reporter. Bootsma and his film crew are making a documentary about the F-35. Holland, like Vermont, has been talking about replacing their F-16 fleet with the newer jet.

"What will the effect be? Everybody says it's a loud plane. We don't know, we've never seen it," said Bootsma.

Along with learning more about the plane itself, Bootsma came to Vermont specifically to hear the opinions of locals on the potential of the jets becoming a permanent presence. He said the conversation in Vermont is very similar to what's going on in his own country.

"People are afraid that their comfort of living and the value of their houses will diminish," said Bootsma.

Since 2006, the Dutch government has been debating purchasing the planes. A big motivator is money, as Bootsma said the planes would cost little to buy and maintain.

"It's a cheap plane. The maintenance is quite low and there's little you'll have to do in the next 20 years. That's why the air force says it will be cost effective," he said.

But the journalist also wanted to hear for himself just how loud the jet is. Before coming to Burlington, his crew was at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida to experience just that. Bootsma believed the F-35 was louder than the F-16, but he knows the decision to buy the planes ultimately lies in the hands of Dutch elected officials.

"Are you going for comfort? Or are you going for economic value? That's what our politicians have to (decide)," said Bootsma.

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NOW... DEBATE OVER THE F-35 DOES NOT END IN THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE... THE CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING AROUND THE GLOBE, INCLUDING HOLLAND. TODAY, ONE DUTCH REPORTER WAS IN SOUTH BURLINGTON, LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE JET AND WHAT LOCALS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT. NEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S VANESSA MISCIAGNA HAS THE STORY. A QUESTION USUALLY HEARD AROUND SOUTH BURLINGTON OR WINOOSKI ... A QUESTION USUALLY HEARD AROUND SOUTH BURLINGTON OR WINOOSKI ... hayo bootsma we're trying to find out what it'll bring what it will bring to the community NOW BEING ASKED BY DUTCH JOURNALIST HAYO BOOTSMA. HOLLAND HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT REPLACING THEIR F-16 FLEET WITH F-35'S. THERE'S A BASE NEAR BOOTSMA'S HOMETOWN OF LEEUWARDEN AND HE'S COME TO VERMONT TO GET ANSWERS ABOUT THE JET ... hayo what will be the affect? Everybody says it's a loud plane, we don't know! We've never saw it along with learning about with learning more about the f35 it'self, bootsma came to vermont to learn about how the debate around the aircraft affected the community. As it turns out, its similar to what's going on in his own county rosanne greco proponent they said they were coming to america to do some investigative journalism and would like to come to south burlington, and we said sure! hayo people are afraid of that their comfort of living and the value of their houses will diminish, just like here BOOTSMA AND HIS CREW ARE SHOOTING A DOCUMENTARY TO FIND THAT OUT. we hope to bring some light in the discussion SINCE 2006, THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT TO BRING THE PLANES IN. A BIG MOTIVATOR IS MONEY. BOOTSMA SAID PURCHASING THE JETS WOULD BE AN ECONOMICAL SOLUTION... bootsma it's a cheap plane, but the maintenance is quite low and there's little you'll have to do in the next twenty years, that's why the air force says it will be cost effective BUT BOOTSMA WANTED TO EXPERIENCE THE SOUND IT WOULD MAKE. HE CAME TO BURLINGTON FROM FLORIDA, WHERE HE VISITED EGLIN AIRFORCE BASE TO LISTEN FOR HIMSELF. HE BELIEVES THEY ARE LOUDER THAN F-16'S, BUT AS HE WEIGHS THE PROS AND CONS FOR HIS FELLOW CITIZENS, HE KNOW IT'S NOT THEIR DECISION TO MAKE hayo the problem is, and the government has to decide, are you going for comfort, or are you going for economic value and that's what our politicians have to make up IN SOUTH BURLINGTON, VANESSA MISCIAGNA, NEWS CHANNEL FIVE STAY WITH NEWSCHANNEL FIVE FOR THE LATEST ON THE ONGOING F35 DEBATE -- BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE ... AT WPTZ-DOT-COM YOU CAN READ PAST STORIES INCLUDING PROTESTS, RESULTS OF PUBLIC MEETING... AND CHECK OUT MY TRIP TO EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE AND INTERVIEWS REGARDING THE F-35.